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Field worker irrigating alfalfa and barley fields. The field produces eleven cuttings of alfalfa a year, yields nine to ten tons to the acre; sold for twenty-two dollars per ton in 1936. Near Indio, Coachella Valley, California

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Carrot digger. Imperial Valley, near Meloland, California

A couple of men standing in a field, Weeding carrots. Imperial County, California

Mexican picking melons in the Imperial Valley, California

Mexican picking melons in the Imperial Valley, California

A group of men working in a field, Gathering cabbage. Imperial County, California

Straw boss of pea packers in the field near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

A black and white photo of a field of potatoes, Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California

Migratory field worker pulling carrots. Imperial Valley, California

Pea picker at scales. Near Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California

Tying carrots in Imperial Valley. Near Meloland, California

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer worker, 20th-century dust bowl, great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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california meloland imperial county migrant agricultural laborers the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs imperial valley united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression farmer agriculture farmers classic photography art photography new york public library
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01/02/1939 - 28/02/1939
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New York Public Library
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A black and white photo of a man in a field, Mexican carrot worker, Edinburg, Texas

Mexican cantaloupe pickers at 5:00 a.m. Imperial Valley, California. Gang labor. Harvests on contract by the crate. On these large ranches immediately adjacent to the border, Mexican pickers cross daily into the United States to work

Calipatria, Imperial Valley. Feb. 1939. F.S.A. migratory labor camp (emergency)

Separating goats to be shown from these which will wait until later, ranch of rehabilitation borrower in Kimble County, Texas

Daughter of migratory family in Farm Security Administration (FSA) labor camp. Calpatria, Imperial Valley, California

Mexican girl, carrot worker, near Edinburg, Texas

Pea harvest. Large-scale industrialized agriculture on Sinclair Ranch. Imperial Valley, California

A black and white photo of people picking cotton, Pea pickers near Calipatria, California

A twenty-acre alfalfa demonstration on J.B. Andrews' farm, Roanoke County, Va. The yield was from four and one half to five tons per acre.

Pea pickers coming into weigh master. 500 pea pickers in field of large-scale Sinclair Ranch, newly planted to peas. Near Calipatria, California

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california meloland imperial county migrant agricultural laborers the miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs photography collection farm security administration photographs imperial valley united states farm security administration sponsor lange dorothea photographer ultra high resolution high resolution farm security administration great depression farmer agriculture farmers classic photography art photography new york public library